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Guild Fine Meats deli closing

Andy Bartnick of Waterbury Center waits for his sandwich at Guild Fine Meats in Burlington. Business partner Jed Davis said the St. Paul Street deli will close next week, a little more than a year after it opened.
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Guild Fine Meats, a sandwich shop and deli on St. Paul Street in Burlington, will close next week, the restaurant announced today. The restaurant is one of six food businesses in and around Burlington owned by the Farmhouse Group.

Jed Davis, principal of the Farmhouse Group, wrote in an email that he makes the announcement with a "very heavy heart." He said the deli will close Sept. 25.

"We are very proud of this restaurant — the ambition behind the concept, and the daily execution in particular," Davis wrote. "Our staff was exceptional. We hold our heads high knowing that we created and delivered a unique concept to the market. ... Unfortunately, not all businesses work out."

Guild Fine Meats opened in August, 2013. It serves sandwiches, salads, and soups and sells a variety of meats — including steaks, bacon and cold cuts — that are cut and processed at the Guild Commissary, a meat processing facility in Winooski.

The sandwich shop is one of four downtown restaurants owned by the Farmhouse Group, which also owns Guild Tavern, a steakhouse/bar in South Burlington.

Although the downtown restaurant and shop is closing, the Guild Fine Meats "brand" will continue, Davis wrote in his email. The deli meats are sold at City Market and Healthy Living, and featured at Farmhouse Group restaurants.

The company is looking for "opportunities to expand the Guild Fine Meats label via wholesale markets," he explained.

The company intends to find Farmhouse Group jobs for its "tenured GFM employees," Davis wrote. "We should be able to make that piece work just fine."

The Farmhouse Group opened its first restaurant in Burlington, the Farmhouse Tap and Grill, in the spring of 2010. Its newest restaurant, Pascolo Ristorante, opened in May on Church Street Marketplace.